: an agreement between two or more people to kill themselves at the same time
Examples of suicide pact in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebWeiss contends gun charges constitutional because 2nd Amendment is 'not a suicide pact'
Lowell has also argued that the gun statute Biden is accused of violating is unconstitutional.—USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024 If a historically unique destructive force inhabits the Oval Office, the Constitution — which, as Justice Robert Jackson sagely observed, is not a suicide pact — allows immediate expulsion.—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 30 Dec. 2023 Because both sides have nuclear weapons, an annihilation strategy based on an overwhelming military attack to destroy the enemy’s ability to resist could easily become a mutual suicide pact.—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
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